How to Plop Your Hair

If you are looking for way to decrease the drying time of your hair and help enhance waves and curls, plopping is for you! Plopping involves putting your hair up in a cloth, which behaves like an accordion, almost scrunching the hair by itself. This is a different method than just putting your hair up in a towel. You can encourage your natural waves or curls with less time and effort than traditional curling methods.

1

Wash and style your curly hair. Add any mousses or gels to the hair before plopping.

2

Lay your cotton plopping cloth on a flat surface. (You can also use a t-shirt). Good places include the toilet seat (with the lid down!), chairs, and low beds or shelves.

3

Bend over at the waist and position your hair on top of the cloth, near the edge closest to you. Move your head until it is pressed firmly against the surface.

4

Take the far edge of the cloth and drape it over the back of your head.

5

Grab the sections of the towel on either side of your head and twist them tightly away from your face in two "sausage rolls." They don't have hair in them, because your hair is plopped on top of your head, remember? The sausage rolls are just a convenient way to secure the towel.

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Move up slowly from the bent over position.

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Twist the sausage rolls to the back of your head near your neck and secure them. You can tie them together with a hair tie, or pin them with clips. If you used a long sleeved t-shirt, or if you have ample fabric, you can simply cross the two rolls and pull them tight.

8

Leave the plop on for as long as you like. If you notice frizzing after you remove the plop, add a little gel to your hair then and try plopping for less time. 15 to 20 minutes is a good amount of time to try.

9

Remove the plop. Let your hair air dry, or blow-dry with a diffuser so as not to disturb the curls. Do not touch the curls while they are wet or they will frizz.

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Rock those curls!